Flying under the radar of the Google-Microsoft rivalry in the high-stakes search industry is a new gang of sites that build deep dossiers on your secrets -- and those of your pals -- just from your keyboard strokes.
INTERNET COMPANIES SPOKEO, PIPL AND CVGADGET TRACK EMAIL, SOCIAL NETWORK SITES - New York Post
Haven't heard of these, but it's a jungle out there. I avoid anything that wants personal info. unless I'm buying something from a trusted source. Don't even like that much. I've even had cashiers ask me for an address when making a purchase and I tell them no way. Not even the town or state.
Gary
No, I hadn't heard of these either. I'm with you on leaving as little info as possible.
Unfortunately in today's world of credit cards, it's impossible to not have all your credit purchases tracked then be bombarded with targeted advertising. With RFID chips being permanently attached to products, the retailer's scanner marries your personal ID with the product ID of the item you just bought. Let's say it's a shirt. Sometime later you go shopping wearing that shirt. When you walk into a store, the scanner reads the RFIDs in the items you are wearing and the RFID tag in your credit cards. Your recent purchasing history is retrieved from an online database and presto, the monitor in the aisle in front of you is advertising products that have been determined to be of interest to you. Of course these are benign uses of the technology. The dark side of this can get pretty scary.
Gary, since you replied to my POST, I was able to determine from the email header, your ISP, city and state, your real name and address, and if you pay your bills on time.....JUST KIDDING!
rb
OMG a stalker
Gary, since you replied to my POST, I was able to determine from the email header, your ISP, city and state, your real name and address, and if you pay your bills on time.....JUST KIDDING!
How could u tell?
just kidding it is the chill out room
Just watch out for the routy neighbors.
Seriously though, it's the junk mail and spam I'm interested in avoiding. Made the mistake of donating to one of those charities that send you return address labels for donating to them. It was a good cause and I thought what the heck. Suddenly my mailbox filled up with other charities that do the same. I now have 5 lifetime supplies of address labels. Never again.
Not to be paranoid, but...
Twitter Messages Lead to Burglaries?
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